Founded in 1938 and published semiannually by Sophia University
MN 27:4 (1972) 471–73Buyo, The Classical Dance by Masakatsu Gunji, Don Kenny, James R. BrandonTed T. Takaya- MN 27:4 (1972) 474A History of Japanese Theater, I: Up to Noh and Kyogen by Inoura Yoshinobu; A History of Japanese Theater, II: Bunraku and Kabuki by Kawatake ToshioThomas Immoos
- MN 27:4 (1972) 475–76The Way of Tea by Rand Castile, Sen no SoshitsuSadamu Ohteru
- MN 27:4 (1972) 476–78Japanese Buddhism, A Critical Appraisal by Watanabe ShokoHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 27:4 (1972) 478–80Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan by H. Paul VarleyKenneth A. Grossberg
- MN 27:4 (1972) 480–82Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan, 1838–1922 by Roger F. HackettGordon Mark Berger
- MN 27:4 (1972) 482–83French Policy in Japan during the Closing years of the Tokugawa Regime by Meron MedziniBarbara J. Teters
- MN 27:4 (1972) 483–84The Allied Occupation of Japan 1945–1952 and Japanese Religions by William P. WoodwardBruno Bitter
- MN 27:4 (1972) 484–89The Pacific Rivals: A Japanese View of Japanese-American Relations by The Staff of the Asahi ShimbunRobert M. Spaulding
MN 27:3 (1972) 343–44Japan From Prehistory to Modern Times by John Whitney HallRichard Storry- MN 27:3 (1972) 344–45Historians and Meiji Statesmen by Richard ChangGrant K. Goodman
- MN 27:3 (1972) 346Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura. De algumas cousas que ainda se alembra o Pe Afonso de Lucena que pertencem a christandade de Ōmura by Josef Franz SchütteDiego Pacheco
- MN 27:3 (1972) 347–48The Zen Life by Koji Sato, Sosei Kuzunishi, Ryojun VictoriaJohn Eudes Bamberger
- MN 27:3 (1972) 348The Recorded Sayings of Layman P’ang by Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Yoshitaka Iriya, Dana R. FraserWilliam Johnston
- MN 27:3 (1972) 349Religious Life of the Japanese People by Anesaki Masaharu, Kishimoto HideoHeinrich Dumoulin
- MN 27:3 (1972) 350–51Buddhism in Hawaii by Louise H. HunterMildred Tahara
- MN 27:3 (1972) 351–52Psychology of the Japanese People by Hiroshi Minami, Albert R. IkomaMaurice Bairy
- MN 27:3 (1972) 352–53Nihon ni okeru Hippocrates Sanbi by Ogata TomioShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 27:3 (1972) 354Tales of Moonlight and Rain, Japanese Gothic Tales by Uyeda Akinari, Kengi HamadaEdilberto N. Alegre
- MN 27:3 (1972) 355–56Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan by Teiji Itoh, Richard L. GageEduardo J. Anzorena
- MN 27:3 (1972) 356–57Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan by E. Papinot; Nihongi. Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 by W. G. Aston; Japanese Homes and their Surroundings by Edward S. MorseMichael Cooper
MN 27:2 (1972) 211–14The Art of Japanese Ceramics by Tsugio Mikami, Ann HerringJ. Edward Kidder, Jr.- MN 27:2 (1972) 214Art Treasures from JapanJoseph P. Love
- MN 27:2 (1972) 218–20Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture by Donald H. ShivelyGino K. Piovesana
- MN 27:2 (1972) 220–22Motoori Norinaga, 1730–1801 by Shigeru MatsumotoShun’ichi H. Takayanagi
- MN 27:2 (1972) 222–27The Southern Barbarians: The First Europeans in Japan by Michael CooperGeorge Elison
- MN 27:2 (1972) 227–28Sekai wo Aruita Kirishitan by Hubert CieslikDiego Pacheco
- MN 27:2 (1972) 229The Sanka Shu by H. H. HondaFrancis H. Mathy
- MN 27:2 (1972) 230–32The Still Point. Reflections on Zen and Christian Mysticism by William Johnston; Christian Zen by William JohnstonHugo Enomiya-Lassalle
- MN 27:2 (1972) 233–35Higher Education in Japan: Its Take-off and Crash by Nagai Michio, Jerry DusenburyKlaus Luhmer
- MN 27:2 (1972) 235–37Japanese Education: A Bibliography of Materials in the English Language by Herbert PassinFrank Joseph Shulman
- MN 27:2 (1972) 237–40Japan and Korea: An Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations in Western Languages, 1877–1969 by Frank J. ShulmanHilary Conroy
- MN 27:2 (1972) 240–41Japanese Names. A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings by P. G. O’NeillJoseph F. Moran
- MN 27:2 (1972) 241–42Current Contents of Academic Journals in Japan, 1970 by Kokusai Bunka ShinkokaiMichael Cooper
- MN 27:2 (1972) 229–30Kottō by Lafcadio Hearn, Genjiro YetoPeter Milward
- MN 27:2 (1972) 214–18Noh: The Classical Theater by Nakamura Yasuo, Earle Ernst, Don KennyTed T. Takaya
MN 27:1 (1972) 93–102A Collection of Tales from Uji: A Study and Translation of Uji Shūi Monogatari by D. E. MillsEdwin A. Cranston- MN 27:1 (1972) 102–104Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands—A Regional Chronology from 3,000 B.C. to the Historic Period by Richard J. PearsonNaoichi Kokubu
- MN 27:1 (1972) 104–105Law and Justice in Tokugawa Japan. Materials for the History of Japanese Law and Justice under the Tokugawa Shogunate 1603–1867 by John Henry WigmoreJosé Llompart
- MN 27:1 (1972) 106–107Japanese History by Tarō SakamotoMichael Cooper
- MN 27:1 (1972) 107–10Christian Converts and Social Protest in Meiji Japan by Irwin ScheinerJohn F. Howes
- MN 27:1 (1972) 110Buddhismus der Gegenwart by Heinrich DumoulinJoseph J. Spae
- MN 27:1 (1972) 111Collectors’ Netsuke by Raymond BushellDavid Gordon
- MN 27:1 (1972) 112–14Kappa by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Geoffrey Bownas, G. H. HealeyKinya Tsuruta
- MN 27:1 (1972) 114–17Light and Darkness by Natsume Sōseki, V. H. ViglielmoWilliam E. Naff
- MN 27:1 (1972) 117–19Twenty Plays of the Nō Theatre by Donald Keene, Royall TylerFrank Hoff
- MN 27:1 (1972) 119–22Kabuki: The Popular Theater by Toita Yasuji, Don Kenny, Donald L. KeeneTed T. Takaya
- MN 27:1 (1972) 122–23Fukuzawa Yukichi to Sono Monka Shoshi by Maruyama Makoto, Tomita Masafumi; Meiji-jin no Mita Fukuzawa Yukichi by Itō MasaoShun’ichi H. Takayanagi